AIX 4.1.4: problems with LIBPATH

Roberto Divia` (Roberto.Divia@cern.ch)
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:27:42 +0100

Dear rooters,
following the ROOT setup instructions, I have set the LIBPATH to
/lib:/usr/lib/$ROOTSYS/lib. However, this creates some bad side effects, e.g.:

$ emacs
0509-037 System error - error data is: emacs
0509-023 Symbol XAllocStandardColormap in /usr/local/lib/libXmu.a is not
defined.
[... more errors omitted ...]
0509-022 Cannot load library libXaw.a[shr.o].
0509-026 System error: Cannot run a file that does not have a valid
format.

But, if I set LIBPATH to $ROOTSYS/lib only, then the problem is gone. It looks
like the "/lib:/usr/lib" bit is not correct...

>From $ROOTSYS/AA_README:

Environment variables
[...]
On systems using shared libraries you must specify the load path
before you can run the root module. [NOTE: with version 2.00 this
is not necessary anymore since the front-end program sets the
load path correctly. However, we leave the information below because
maybe you will need it when distributing your own ROOT based
applications.]
[...]
On AIX do:
[ -z "$LIBPATH" ] && export LIBPATH=/lib:/usr/lib
export LIBPATH=$LIBPATH:$ROOTSYS/lib

Best regards,

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